Sex Crimes and Offenders Chapter 1 Copyright 2013

Introduction • What is a sex crime? • What are some categories of sex

Overview of Sex Crimes • Rape/sexual battery • Sexual assault – What is the

Overview of Sex Crimes • Statutory rape • Internet/technology related offenses Copyright © 2013

Special Legal Issues • Difficulty in generalizing offenses across states • Variation in sex

Sex Offender Typologies • Why have sex offender typologies? • How were sex offender

Child Molesters • Groth and Birnbaum – Fixated or regressed • Knight and Prentky’s

Rapists • Groth’s typology – 1) Anger; 2) Power; 3) Sadistic • Knight and

Juvenile Sex Offenders • O’Brien and Bera’s typology – 7 categories • Naïve experimenter,

Female Sex Offender • Mathews et al. ’s typology – 3 categories • Male-coerced;

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Overview of Sex Crimes • Rape/sexual battery • Sexual assault – What is the difference between sexual assault and sexual battery? • Child sexual abuse • Incest offenses • Indecent exposure/public indecency Copyright © 2013 Christina Mancini. All rights reserved.

Special Legal Issues • Difficulty in generalizing offenses across states • Variation in sex crime statute’s design • Decriminalization efforts vary across states – Wilson v State (2007) – SORNA – “Sexting” • Laws subject to judicial challenge – Ashcroft v Free Speech Coalition (2002) Copyright © 2013 Christina Mancini. All rights reserved.

Sex Offender Typologies • Why have sex offender typologies? • How were sex offender typologies developed? • Major Sex Offender Typologies 1) Child molesters 2) Rapists 3) Juvenile sex offenders 4) Female sex offenders 5) Cyber sex offenders Copyright © 2013 Christina Mancini. All rights reserved.

Child Molesters • Groth and Birnbaum – Fixated or regressed • Knight and Prentky’s classification system – Axis I and axis II • FBI typologies – Motivation continuum – Situational vs. referential offenders • See table 1. 1 Copyright © 2013 Christina Mancini. All rights reserved.

Rapists • Groth’s typology – 1) Anger; 2) Power; 3) Sadistic • Knight and Prentky’s rapist typology (MTC: R 3) – Expands Groth’s typology – 1) Opportunistic; 2) Pervasively angry; 3) Sexual gratification; 4) Vindictive – All sub-types create a nine-type classification system • Hazelwood and Warren’s impulsive vs. ritualistic – Based off law enforcement experience – Impulsive and ritualistic offenders • See table 1. 2 Copyright © 2013 Christina Mancini. All rights reserved.

Juvenile Sex Offenders • O’Brien and Bera’s typology – 7 categories • Naïve experimenter, under-socialized, pseudo-socialized, sexual aggressive, sexual compulsive, disturbed impulsive, and group influenced • Prentky and colleagues (J-SOAP) – More fully developed version of O’Brien and Bera’s typology • Worling’s typology – Empirically derived personality-based subgroups (4) – Antisocial/impulsive; unusual/isolated; overcontrolled/reserved; confident/aggressive • See Table 1. 3 Copyright © 2013 Christina Mancini. All rights reserved.

Female Sex Offender • Mathews et al. ’s typology – 3 categories • Male-coerced; predisposed; teacher/lover • Syed and William’s typology – Separated male-coerced and male-accompanied – Added anger as motivation offender category • Vandiver and Kercher – 6 categories • Heterosexual nurturers; noncriminal homosexual; female sexual predator; young adult child exploiters; homosexual criminals; aggressive homosexual criminals Copyright © 2013 Christina Mancini. All rights reserved.

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